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奥原しんこ / Shinko Okuhara

宮城県生まれ。横浜美術短期大学卒業、セツ・モードセミナー卒業 。番組美術制作会社勤務を経て、1997年より東京を拠点にイラストレーター、画家として活動中。
植物のある風景、人物や動物、建物などのペインティング、ドローイング、版画作品を制作。主にパッケージ、書籍、CDジャケットなどのイラストレーションを手掛ける。国内外で展覧会を多数開催するなど作家としても作品を発表している。2002年よりスタイリストと共にはじめたブランドCHEESE mongerでは、顔柄などのテキスタイルデザインを担当。近年は植物に興味を持ち、植物のある絵を好んで描き、得意としている。また作品制作と共に続けていたヨガを深め、メディカルヨガインストラクターの資格を取得。身近な人に健康であるためのヨガを伝えながら制作に取り組んでいる。
I am a Tokyo-based illustrator and artist, who creates paintings, drawings, collages and prints. I have created illustrations for advertisements, packages, books and CD jackets, as well as exhibiting around the world, including Tokyo.
I was born in Miyagi Prefecture in Japan. I studied art at Setsu Mode Seminar in Tokyo after graduating from Yokohama University of Art and Design. I have been working as an artist since I left my job at a TV production design company in 1997.
Lately, I have been very interested in flowers and plants and have switched my focus towards botanical drawings, which has become one of my fortes.
I launched a fashion and accessory brand, CHEESE-monger with a Japanese stylist in 2002, and design textiles, one of which is well-known for the human faces illustration.
Solo Exhibition
- 2024
- “おおぞらのした”, ヨロコビto Gallery, Tokyo
- 2023
- "まちあわせ" ギャラリーボイス, Iwate
- 2021
- "雪月花" 呑龍ももとせ10周年記念展示, 呑龍ももとせ, Gunma
- 2020
- "HANAUTA" cafe gallery Quo vadis, Tokyo
- 2019
- "故郷の旅 / Hometown trip" 武山米店, Miyagi
- "De javu”, ヨロコビto Gallery, Tokyo
- 2017
- "Retrospective exhibition" Spätzle,Tokyo
- 2015
- "wanderings” imagine,Kobe
- 2014
- "La promenade", GALLERY MAISON D'ART, Osaka
- "すでにあるもの” BASE, Hamamatsu
- 2013
- "あたたかいところ / heartwarming place", マルト齊藤茶舗, Miyagi
- "ONE & THE SCENE", PLAIN gallery, Kanagawa
- "おちこち / Ochikochi", hase, Nagoya
- 2012
- "わが美しき故郷よ / My beautiful home town" spiral records, Tokyo
- "そのつづき / and then" , saicoro, Tokyo
- "旅する女 アートワーク展 / Tabisuru-onna Artworks" saicoro, Tokyo
- 2009
- "花嫁の手紙 / The letter from the bride" H.P.FRANCE WINDOW GALLERY, Tokyo
- 2008
- "眠る人 / Sleeping figure" SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo
- atlantica gallery, Viecenza (Italy)
- 2006
- "There is going to be a person" Space Prism, Nagoya
- 2005
- "ある風の強い日に / On the day when wind is strong" PARCO LOGOS Gallery, Tokyo
- "Shinko Museum" PARCO P’Gallery, Tokyo
- 2004
- "空気 / KU U KI" Guardian Garden, Tokyo
- 2003
- "HOTEL VELONICA" LAPNET CULB, Tokyo
- 2002
- "eyes and nose" Gallery ROCKET, Tokyo
- "colla-colla2" graf media gm, Tokyo
- 2001
- "colla-colla1" LAPNET SHIP, Tokyo
- 2000
- "Carnet de voyage" KALO KALO HOUSE, Tokyo
- 1999
- "Carnet de voyage" ESPASE JAPON, Paris (France)
- 1996
- "初個展 / First solo exhibition" Gallery80, Tokyo
Selected Group Exhibition
- 2023
- "寄り添う花展”, FEI ART MUSEUM YOKOHAMA, Kanagawa
- 2022
- "あの人がみた夢 "奥原しんこ/内林武史・二人展, NAZUKARI WAREHOUSE, Chiba
- 2021
- "のっていこう" フェルケール美術館, Shizuoka
- "10 ARTISTS OF SANTA CLAUSE” ヨロコビto, Tokyo
- 2018
- "10th anniversary show / Summer” imagine, Kobe
- "WAVE” 3331, Tokyo
- 2017
- "The Fools” YUKI-SIS, Tokyo
- "東京100人展” MDP GALLERY, Tokyo
- 2016
- "原風景" hpgrp GALLERY TOKYO, Tokyo
- 2013
- "CORPORATE COLLABORATION ART TOKYO 2013", Three petals, Tokyo
- "青参道/AOSANDO", AVEDA, Tokyo
- "Re START", YUKI-SIS, Tokyo
- "hase", special source atelier gallery, Kanagawa
- 2011
- "LOVE FOR NIPPON 366 ART HEART COCORO" PARCO FACTORY, Tokyo
- "東日本大震災復興支援チャリティ展 Art for Tomorrow" Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya, Tokyo
- 2010
- "AOSANDO" H.P.DECO Tokyo, Tokyo
- 2009
- "The Other Land" LEEAHN GALLERY, Daegu (Korea)
- 2007
- "Jardin Secret" Yukiko Kawase GALLERY, Paris (France)
- "YOUNG JAPANESE PAINTERS" Canvas International Art, Amsterdam (Holland)
- "Trans JAPAN" Gallery Touch art, Paju (Korea)
- "AOSANDO" hpgrp Gallery Tokyo, Tokyo
- 2006
- French Trotter, Paris (France)
- "STYLIST MEETS" LAFORET museum, Tokyo
- "tenants" graf media gm, Osaka
- "Mix Flavor" HEP Hall, Osaka
- "AOSANDO" hpgrp Gallery, Tokyo
- 2005
- "Because I Dream, I'm not?" CAPSUL GALLERY, NY (USA)
- 2004
- "WINTER SHOW" SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo
- "Accessible/SCAI meets CLASKA" Tokyo
- 2001
- The16th "3×3㎡ exhibition" for selected artists Guardian Garden, Tokyo
- 1997
- The15th "The Choice" Exhibition (Received 2nd Prize), Tokyo
- 1993
- "URBANART#2", Exhibition for selected artists, PARCO, Tokyo
Books
- 2004
- "KU U KI"
- 2008
- "眠る人 / Sleeping figure"